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Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Eden Mennonite Church (Chilliwack, B.C.)

Retrieval numbers: Volumes 105, 106, 1426, 2133, 2413, 3254, 4006, 4434, 4922.

Title: Eden Mennonite Church fonds
Dates: 1963-2010
Extent: 56 cm of textual records
Repository: Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives

Historical note

Eden Mennonite Church was founded with 32 charter members in 1945 in Chilliwack, B.C. and was first called the Westheimer Mennonite Church. Initially they met in rented facilities. In 1948 they had their own meeting house and renamed the congregation the East Chilliwack Mennonite Church. In 1951 the membership was 147. The building was expanded in 1957. The membership was 228 in 1960. In 1961 they built a larger meeting house and renamed the congregation the Eden Mennonite Church. In 1977 this building was renovated and expanded. The membership was 328 in 1977. In 1980 with the dissolution of the Chilliwack Mennonite Church, those members were invited to join Eden Mennonite Church. In 1986 the membership was 395 and in 2000 it was 303. The leaders of the congregation were: W. L. Rempel (1945-1957), A.J. Peters (1948-1972), H.H. Neufeld (1956-1965), A.A. Harder (1955-1965), V.E. Nickel (1962-1964), Dick Rempel (1965, 1985-1993), H.A. Wiens (1965-1971), George Groening (1971-1984), Art Kropp (1984), Hans Bartel (1994), Jake Tilitzky (1995), Werner Froese (1996-2003).

Scope and content note

This fonds contains bulletins (1963-2001), annual reports (1964-1994), congregational meeting minutes (1964-1987), ladies fellowship meeting minutes (2000), correspondence (1968-1976), directories ([1977]-1993), constitution (1979-1989), newsletters (1980-2000), 50th anniversary celebrations programme (1995), list of deceased members, 1946-2001 (2001), and brief congregational histories ([197-]-1985). The records pertain to the founding and development of the Mennonite congregation in Chilliwack, B.C. They document some of the leaders and participants in the congregation.

Subject terms

Eden Mennonite Church (Chilliwack, B.C.)

Creators

Eden Mennonite Church (Chilliwack, B.C.) Westheimer Mennoniten Gemeinde East Chilliwack Mennonite Church

Adjunct descriptive data

Finding aids

Inventory file list available.

Notes

Restrictions on access

No restrictions on access.

Other notes

Textual records have been deposited by the congregation at the Mennonite Heritage Centre. Described by Bert Friesen 16 January 2003.

Eden Mennonite Church (Chilliwack, B.C.) fonds file list:

Volume 105

  1. Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (1963)
  2. Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (1964), annual reports (1964), congregational meeting minutes (1964), 1964 Constitution
  3. Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (1965), annual reports (1965), congregational meeting minutes (1965)
  4. Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (1966), annual reports (1966)
  5. Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (1967), directory (1970)
  6. Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (1968), correspondence (1968)
  7. Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (1969)
  8. Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (1970), annual reports (1970), directory (1970)
  9. Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (1971), semi-annual reports (1971), Thanksgiving celebration (June 1972)
  10. Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (1973)

Volume 106

  1. Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (1974)
  2. Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (1975), annual reports (1975)
  3. Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (1976), correspondence (1976), directory (1976)
  4. Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (1977), pictorial directory ([1977]), a brief congregational history ([197-])
  5. Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (1978), directories (1978), annual reports (1978)
  6. Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (1979), congregational constitution (1979), annual reports (1979)

Volume 2413

  1. Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (1980), directory (1980), congregational meeting minutes (1980), newsletters (1980), annual reports (1980)
  2. Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (1981)
  3. Eden Mennonite Church annual reports (1982)
  4. Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (1983), annual reports (1983)
  5. Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (1984), annual reports (1984)

Volume 1426

  1. Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (1981, 1982), annual reports (1981, 1982)
  2. Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (1984), annual reports (1984), directory (1984)

Volume 3254

  1. Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (1985), newsletters (1985), pictorial directory (1985), a brief congregational history (1985), annual reports (1985)
  2. Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (1986), directory (1986), annual reports (1986), newsletters (1986)
  3. Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (1987), newsletters (1987), directory (1987) congregational meeting minutes (1987)

Volume 4006

  1. Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (1988), newsletters (1988), annual reports (1988)
  2. Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (1989), annual reports (1989), constitutions and guidelines (1989), newsletters (1989), directory (1989)
  3. Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (1990), newsletters (1990), annual reports (1990)

Volume 4434

  1. Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (1991), newsletters (1991), directory (1991), annual reports (1991)
  2. Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (1992), annual reports (1992), directory (1992), newsletters (1992)
  3. Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (1993), annual reports (1993), directory (1993)
  4. Eden Mennonite Church annual reports (1994)
  5. Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (1995), 50th anniversary celebrations programme (1995), telephone directory (1995)

Volume 4922

  1. Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (1996), newsletters (1996)
  2. Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (1997), newsletters (1997), annual reports (1997)
  3. Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (1998)
  4. Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (1999)
  5. Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (2000), ladies fellowship meeting minutes (2000), newsletters (2000)
  6. Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (2001), list of deceased members, 1946-2001 (2001).

Volume 2133

  1. Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (2002), Annual Reports (2002).
  2. Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (2003)
  3. Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (2004)
  4. Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (2005)
  5. Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (2006)
  6. Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (2007)
Volume 5398
1.  Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (2009)
2.  Eden Mennonite Church bulletins (2010)